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Health Watch Attack AIDS In Blacks
Thxirsday, January 14, 1988 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page 15A
HEALTH WATCH Information
and Promotion Service
(HEALTH WATCH), the not-for-
profit organization devoted to
Improving the health and lon
gevity of Black people nation
wide, has launched a major at
tack on AIDS.
"Although AIDS is the leading
public health problem world
wide today. It Is having a greater
impact among Blacks and His-
panics," said Dr. Norma J. Good
win, founder and president of
HEALTH WATCH. A striking 24
percent, or one-fourth, of all
persons with AIDS are Black,
and another 14 percent of AIDS
cases
are
Hispanic al
though they
make up 12
to 7 percent
of the U.S.
population,
respectively.
'The magni
tude and
multitude of
problems
signaled by
the rise in AIDS cases among
Dr. Goodwin
minorities has turned HEALTH
WATCH to the AIDS issue as the
top priority focal point of its
1987-88 campaign to prevent
widening of the unacceptable
Black/White health status gap
which exists In America," con
tinued Dr. Goodwin.
With the key message, "AIDS Is
preventable" HEALTH WATCH
develops and disseminates cul
turally sensitive, accurate and
relevant Information on the pre
vention of AIDS and other
HEALTH WATCH targeted dis
orders including cancer, hyper
tension, heart disease, diabetes
and obesity, each of which Is a
major killer and disabler.
The results and action orient
ed HEALTH WATCH has just
published Its first Issue of
HEALTH WATCH News. In keep
ing with Its objectives to provide
culturally sensitive health Infor
mation for self-preservation,
this Issue contains concise,
easy to read euticles and tips to
motivate more healthful life
styles and ^havlor. The issue
focuses on the 'Wise Diet" which
lowers risk of getting cancer and
a number of other disorders
which have been linked with
weakened Immune systems in
cluding AIDS, which attacks the
Immune system directly. One
article is appropriately entitled,
" Understanding And Fighting
The AIDS Epidemic In Minori
ties.” A unique feature of the
newsletter Is its Life Savers and
Coping For Life columns, regular
features spotlighting profes
sional and personal contribu
tions to the health field by Black
health professionals and lay in
dividuals with major health
problems. The next Issue of
HEALTH WATCH News will be
distributed In Januaiy, 1988.
AddlUonally, HEALTH WATCH
was a major co-sponsor of the
recent all-day seminar on "AIDS
In The Black Population: Clini
cal, Public Health and Political
Implications" sponsored by
Provident Clinical Society of
Brooklyn and held at the State
University of New York—Health
Science Center at Brooklyn.
More than 400 Black physi
cians, dentists, nurses, social
workers, health administrators,
health educators, students and
concerned members of the pub
lic participated In discussions
led by national experts on:
• The AIDS Virus: What We
Know and the Intravenous Drug
Connection:
• The Spread of AIDS: In Africa
Black Nursing
Scholarships
Available
Two scholarships for black
nurses are available through the
Nurses' Educational Funds, Inc.
(NEF) for the 1988-89 academic
year.The awards, for registered
nurses enrolled In masters or doc
toral degree programs, recognize
outstanding scholastic achieve
ment and potential for leadership
In the nursing profession.
The Estelle Massey Osborne Me
morial Scholarship Is awarded to
a black registered nurse who Is
pursuing a masters degree In
nursing at a National League for
Nursing accredited school. The
award Is made In honor of Ms. Os
borne, the first black nurse In the
United States to receive a masters
d^ree. The award is made In mem
ory of her contributions as a
teacher, as an educational admlnr
Istrator, as a nursing service ad
ministrator, as a public health
nurse, as a writer, and as a leader
and role model to black nurses.
The M. Elizabeth Carnegie
Scholarship Is awarded to a black
registered nurse who Is pursuing a
doctoral degree In nursing or In a
related field. The award was Ini
tiated by Dr. Cample, a member of
NEFs Board of Directors, In 1981
to recognize black nurses who
were pursuing advanced degrees.
Dr. Carnegie Is currently serving
as the first visiting professor of the
See Black Nursing On Page 16A
anddie U. S. : The Haitian
Myth: and Homosexuality and
Bisexuality In the Black Popula
tion:
• Drug Abuse and AIDS In
Women and Their Affected Off
spring:
• Clinical Manifestations and
Management of the AIDS Pa
tient:
• lYos and Cons of AIDS Test-
Ini: Ethical Issues and Coun-
seung Requirements:
• VVliat We Can I^am About
AIDS From the Gay Community:
• Lessons About AIDS From
Studies of Intravenous Drug Us
ers:
• Destlgmatlzlng AIDS Among
Health Workers and Approach
es to Risk Reduction
Funding and Legislative Re
quirements:
• Discrimination Issues Relat
ed To AIDS.
The keynote speaker. Dr. Bal-
lus Walker, President of the
American Public Health Associ
ation and Dr. Norma J. Goodwin,
President of HEALTH WATCH,
emphasized the need for
"Community Education, Com
munity Organization and Com
munity Mobilization to avoid ex
tensive and unnecessary Death,
Discrimination and Disability."
Speakers also stressed the Im
portance of more federal funds
being earmarked for Intensive
educational efforts In Black
commimltles throughout the na
tion.
The second HEALTH WATCH
effort related to AIDS is a pre
vention project for Black youth
In Bedford Stuyvesant funded by
a grant fi’om the U.S. Conference
of Mayors. This church-based
AIDS prevention Initiative will
be directed at Black pre-teens,
teenagers and their parents. A
brochure will be developed for
both groups, and monthly dis
cussion sessions for both
groups will be held aimed at bet
ter understanding the AIDS vi
rus and preventing Its spread.
For more Information , please
contact HEALTH WATCH Infor
mation and Promotion Service
at 3020 Glenwood Road. Brook
lyn, NewYoric 11210.
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